Envious

/ˈɛnviːəs/ · adjective

Meaning

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging..

Definitions by Sense

1. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
2. Excessively careful; cautious.
3. (obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
4. (obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.

Example Sentences

an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues

Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.

My soul is envious of mine eye.

for no man was ever so amorous, as to love a toad; none so envious, as to repine at the condition of the miserable

Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage / Of victors glory from him snatcht away.

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• more envious
• most envious

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